Stage setting



20 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevatioin on a larger scale 7 p next -membetto ,be swng as-: an extension thereQf and forming;the ther half ;or section Patented Oct. 18, I932 UHIED STATES STAGE SETIiIG 5 a stage setting wherein the scenic effects may be rapidly and conveniently changed; to provide for any desired number of changes; to

retain the scenes in compact form and in ready position for eXposing to the audience; to mount the scenes in bock form; to keep the scenes in proper centralized position; tosccure siniplicity of construction and operation; and to obtain other advantages and re snlts as may be brought out in the following description In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stage setting in accordance With our invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional plan on the. line than Figures land 2;

Figure 4 is a sect1onal rear VieW taken on the line 44 ofF1gure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a loWer portion ofa page like member; and A Y the several members and confine the:s&me oto Figure 6 is a detail plan of a portion of two of the pagelike members at their connected parts.

In the description:

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings, the reference numeral 10 indicates a stage or fioor for the setting. The setting constituting the present invention is shown positioned adjacent the rear of the stage, and provides a plurality of upstanding page-like members 11 Which can be viewed by an audience in front of thef stage upon elevating the usual front curtain or drop 12. VVhile we have shown the inven v normal toithe close'd position-off the, page-.like x members 11andas her shown niay;be inoved forwardly, and rearwardly of:I the stage. When the page-lilas members are in; olod tion in only one position, the same may have other positions upon the stage or elsewherc and may be utilized in any desired number to makeup a complete stage setting. 7

In the preferred construction of0ur improved stage setting,we provide oneleafmember 13 extending r0m a mid' point for the complte scene to one edge of the scene and having a heightfor the entireheight of the scene. This leaf member 13 referred to is made fast in the position Where it '13 to be exhibited, and by. way -of illustration W8 have shown it braced .fro1n behindwith rearvvardly p1ojecting braces- 14:. These braces:are for supportihg putposesonly and are not intended to eVer come into. view from the front of the Stage.

At the upstanding edge fiofjthe fiXed;leaf anember:l3- is :hingedLone of the- Pluralit of;pagG-like ;mernbeis 11 as by hingesl, ,15. :TO; the hinged end of this =second age-film v n1ember ishingd another page like 1i1embr nd so on for as many;pa"ges as nccessa bers 11 are successively, hirxgedeaCh .toth' nextthereby enabling the same to be sWhg into an ojoen;position, that is, into a Position such-that thellast svvng page'like member 11 10 "can .bearranged in.the same plane,with-the ofthe scene to be exhibitedsimilar to open a. proper juxtapod relafionship in use.

This incans as s'hown "herein may haveare- ,semblahce tothe end binding of a book,and 30 is positioned at the.hirigedends of said:pagelike -mc1hbersll 'whenthe saine are .closed together, said binder-like member: 'being desigr1ated 'by the numerl l6 and hereafter referred to as theend piece. Asshown in :Figure 2.this .endpiece is in a plane normal ':t othe several planes *of the closd Page-like 'flmmbers ll.and has a hinged connetionil7 Swith the outer page-like member.

.Ixheyend piece. 16 is'movable inda 1fie moves said end piece rearwamrd. Then asthe next pagelike like member is swung open,it

in turn acts as a first c1ass lever and moves the first page and the end piece rearward again. This rearward movement of the end piece and the open pages is repeated each 5 time another page is opened.

It is preferabie in carrying ont 011! invention to guide the end piece 16 so that it Will move in a defined path forwardly and rearwardly. As here shown, said end piece has a depending stud 18 which rides in a groove or track 19 in the stage floor: 10. This groove or track 19 furthermore has one side thereof provided with notches 20 at appropriate intervals within which the said studwil1 lodge 15 simultaneousIy with the completion of opening or closing any one page. Operating a page manualIy obtains sufiicient leverage to remove said stud from the notch and yet the positioning of the stud in the notch Will 2 avoid any tendency for the end piece to move of its own volition and thereby displace any of the pages.

' In orderthat the page-like members 11 may have proper support and be readily op- -6136d, the same preferably have an antifrictionmounting on the under edge suitabiy spaced from the hingedend. By way of illnstration, we have shown a caster 21 under each page-like member constituting the antifriction mounting, said c'aster being swiveled the pagelike member and riding npon the stage floor 10. We claim: 7

1. A stage setting as characterized, comprising a plurality of page-like m'embers adapted to be swung to open position and thereby furnish a plurality of scenes, an end j piece hinged to and bracing one of said members, and means for guiding said end piece.

2; A stage setting as characterized, comprising a pIuraIity of page-like members adapted to be swung to open position and thereby furnish a plurality of scenes, an end piece hinged to and bracing one of said members,and means for guiding and retaining said end piece in successive positions thereof for each open position of the several members.

3. A stage setting as characterized comprising in combinationa plurality of pagelike members standing upright from the stage fioor and hinged successively together, an end piece hinged to and bracing one of the said members, a stud on the bottom of said end piece, and a groove in the floor for the reception of said stud, the end pice riding back- Wardly and forwardly on said stud in the groove when the page-like members' are swung to an open or closed position.

- a PETER CLARK.

GEORGE VAIL. 

